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2GENERAL TOPIC All these photographs show …This set of pictures shows …Here we have X pictures, all related to …The main topic here is …The pictures are about …In these pictures I can see …

3DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS AREIn the foreground / in the background.On the left / right.In the middle.At the top / bottom.In the distance.In this photograph / these photos here (pointing)In the first / second, etc. picture.In the [top/bottom] + [left/right] picture.

4COMPARING Both pictures show… This one is (much +) comparative than(this car is much bigger than that one)A little (bit) + comparative than …(He is a bit taller than the other man)It is(n’t) as + adj + as …(she isn’t as tall as the other woman)It is similar to / different from / the same as …I prefer this (one)…. because…

5DESCRIBING PEOPLEUse the present continuous to describe people’s actions. (he is doing… she is writing…)He’s about X / in his Xs (age).(he is about 40 / He is in his 40s [forties])He’s very / quite / really / extremely + adj.You can tell (that) he is …She looks / seems + adj. (she looks bored)She looks like + noun.(he looks like an actor)He might / could be + ing / noun.(he could be sleeping / he could be a doctor)

6FACTS AND OPINIONS Everybody knows that … Many people believe that …I find it (a bit) + adj.I (don’t) like …… very muchIn my opinion, …I believe/think that …It seems to me that …I (don’t) think…

7SOME ADVICETalk in sentences. Don’t produce a list of items, like a robot.Organise your description. Don’t describe the same thing more than once.Start with a general idea before givingdetails.Give some personal opinion to the picture.